There are 10 ways to get from East Lansing to Mobile by plane, bus, bus (Greyhound), train (Amtrak), car, or train
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Fly Capital Region International Airport to Pensacola International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Capital Region International Airport (LAN) to Pensacola International Airport (PNS)plane LAN - PNS
- Take the bus from Pensacola Airport to Mobile Bus Stationbus
8h 43m$135–598Bus to Detroit, fly to Pensacola International Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the bus from East Lansing, MI to Detroit Metro Airportbus
- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Pensacola International Airport (PNS)plane DTW - PNS
- Take the bus from Pensacola Airport to Mobile Bus Stationbus
10h 41m$109–500Bus
- Take the bus from East Lansing Michigan Flyer to Detroit Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Detroit Bus Station to Montgomery Intermodal Centerbus
- Take the bus from Montgomery Intermodal Center to Mobile Bus Stationbus
28h 29m$176–349Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from East Lansing Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminaltrain
- Take the train from New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal to Mobile Amtrak Statrain
29h 25m$396–881Drive 946.4 mi
- Drive from East Lansing to Mobilecar 946.4 mi
17h 19m$173–250Bus to Detroit, fly to Mobile Regional Airport
- Take the bus from East Lansing, MI to Detroit Metro Airportbus
- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Mobile Regional Airport (MOB)plane DTW - MOB
10h 12m$110–532Bus to Detroit, fly to Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport, drive
- Take the bus from East Lansing, MI to Detroit Metro Airportbus
- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM)plane DTW - BHM
- Drive from Birmingham-Airport-BHM to Mobilecar
9h 12m$185–852Bus to Gerald R. Ford International Airport, fly to Mobile Regional Airport
- Take the bus from East Lansing Michigan Flyer to Greyhound Grand Rapidsbus
- Fly from Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR) to Mobile Regional Airport (MOB)plane GRR - MOB
11h 55m$127–633Bus to Detroit, fly to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, train
- Take the bus from East Lansing, MI to Detroit Metro Airportbus
- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)plane DTW - MSY
- Take the train from New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal to Mobile Amtrak Statrain
10h 40m$483–1,227Bus to Gerald R. Ford International Airport, fly to Pensacola International Airport, bus
- Take the bus from East Lansing Michigan Flyer to Greyhound Grand Rapidsbus
- Fly from Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR) to Pensacola International Airport (PNS)plane GRR - PNS
- Take the bus from Pensacola Airport to Mobile Bus Stationbus
12h 58m$126–551
East Lansing to Mobile by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from East Lansing to Mobile is to drive which costs $170 - $250 and takes 17h 19m.
The fastest way to get from East Lansing to Mobile is to fly and bus which takes 8h 43m and costs $130 - $600.
No, there is no direct bus from East Lansing to Mobile. However, there are services departing from East Lansing Michigan Flyer and arriving at Water NB at St Louis St via Detroit Bus Station, Montgomery Intermodal Center and Govt EB at Greyhound Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 29m.
No, there is no direct train from East Lansing station to Mobile. However, there are services departing from East Lansing Amtrak Station and arriving at Mobile Amtrak Sta via Chicago Union Station and New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 25m.
The distance between East Lansing and Mobile is 945 miles. The road distance is 951.9 miles.
The best way to get from East Lansing to Mobile without a car is to bus which takes 28h 29m and costs $170 - $350.
It takes approximately 8h 43m to get from East Lansing to Mobile, including transfers.
East Lansing to Mobile bus services, operated by Indian Trails, depart from East Lansing Michigan Flyer station.
East Lansing to Mobile train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from East Lansing Amtrak Station.
The best way to get from East Lansing to Mobile is to bus which takes 28h 29m and costs $170 - $350. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $390 - $900 and takes 29h 25m.
What companies run services between East Lansing, MI, USA and Mobile, AL, USA?
You can take a bus from East Lansing Michigan Flyer to Water NB at St Louis St via Detroit Bus Station, Montgomery Intermodal Center, Mobile Bus Station, and Govt EB at Greyhound Bus Station in around 28h 29m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from WBD Gr. River past MAC AVE to Mobile Amtrak Sta via Capital Area Multimodal Gateway, East Lansing Amtrak Station, Chicago Union Station, and New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal in around 29h 25m.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Detroit to Mobile Regional Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–500
Flights from Detroit to Mobile Regional Airport via Knoxville, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–500
Flights from Detroit to Mobile Regional Airport via Columbus, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–500
Flights from Detroit to Pensacola International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–450
Flights from Detroit to Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–750
Flights from Detroit to Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–800
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Mobile Regional Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Mobile Regional Airport via Detroit, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Detroit to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Pensacola International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Capital Region International Airport to Pensacola International Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 14m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Capital Region International Airport to Pensacola International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Detroit to Mobile Regional Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Detroit to Mobile Regional Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Detroit to Pensacola International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–480
Flights from Detroit to Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–850
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Mobile Regional Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Mobile Regional Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Pensacola International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Pensacola International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Detroit to Pensacola International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $90–450
Flights from Detroit to Pensacola International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–490
Flights from Detroit to Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–750
Flights from Detroit to Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–800
Flights from Detroit to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Detroit to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Pensacola International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–500
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Capital Region International Airport to Pensacola International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Detroit to Mobile Regional Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Detroit to Mobile Regional Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Detroit to Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Mobile Regional Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Pensacola International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Capital Region International Airport to Pensacola International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,200
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from East Lansing Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–140
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $300–650
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal to Mobile Amtrak Sta
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–90
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal to Mobile Amtrak Sta
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–90
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Pensacola Airport to Mobile Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–18
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Detroit Bus Station to Montgomery Intermodal Center
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–260
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Montgomery Intermodal Center to Mobile Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $26–50
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Pensacola Airport to Mobile Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–18
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Pensacola Airport to Mobile Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–18
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 989-725-5105
- Website
- indiantrails.com
Bus from East Lansing Michigan Flyer to Detroit Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19–40
- Website
- https://indiantrails.com
Bus from East Lansing Michigan Flyer to Greyhound Grand Rapids
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–29
- Website
- https://indiantrails.com
Bus from East Lansing Michigan Flyer to Greyhound Grand Rapids
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–29
- Website
- https://indiantrails.com
- Phone
- +1 517-333-0400
- [email protected]
- Website
- michiganflyer.com
Bus from East Lansing, MI to Detroit Metro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–35
- Website
- https://www.michiganflyer.com/
- Child 2-16
- $9–11
- Adult
- $22–35
Bus from East Lansing, MI to Detroit Metro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–35
- Website
- https://www.michiganflyer.com/
- Child 2-16
- $9–11
- Adult
- $22–35
Bus from East Lansing, MI to Detroit Metro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–35
- Website
- https://www.michiganflyer.com/
- Child 2-16
- $9–11
- Adult
- $22–35
Bus from East Lansing, MI to Detroit Metro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–35
- Website
- https://www.michiganflyer.com/
- Child 2-16
- $9–11
- Adult
- $22–35
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More Questions & Answers
East Lansing to Mobile bus services, operated by Indian Trails, arrive at Detroit Bus Station.
Mobile is 1h behind East Lansing. It is currently 11:04 PM in East Lansing and 10:04 PM in Mobile.
East Lansing to Mobile train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Chicago Union Station.
Yes, the driving distance between East Lansing to Mobile is 952 miles. It takes approximately 17h 19m to drive from East Lansing to Mobile.
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